2015-2016 Middle School MTSS District Expectations
Santa Rosa School District
Revised July 28, 2015
Middle School RtI/MTSS Process Overview
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Administration verifies all non-proficient students are assigned a Tier II
class/instructor.
Sept.18 – After midterm reports go home the school administration meets with every
Tier II instructor to review progress of the intervention class/instruction.
The instruction of students not making acceptable progress is tracked with a Progress
Monitoring Plan (PMP) in the SMART MTSS system.
Parents are advised of the PMP- signatures obtained.
At the end of every 9 weeks grading period:
a. School leadership conducts core data reviews.
b. Core teachers submit pass/fail reports to administration.
c. School leadership conducts Tier II data reviews with Tier II instructors.
d. School leadership reviews the following At-Risk data:
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SMART At Risk report
Students on PMP data- Tier III
Students with DJJ history
Tier I
The school’s MTSS leadership team reviews the most recent Tier I data at the end of each nineweek grading period. The primary objective of this review is to monitor the progress of all
students toward eventual high school graduation with their cohort.
This review shall include:
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Attendance data
Discipline data
Academics
Pass/Fail Reports submitted quarterly by core instructors
The SMART Students At Risk Report
Based upon patterns and trends in this data, the team uses the Problem Solving Process to make
recommendations to the school administration regarding Tier I instructional adjustments.
Core teachers with less than 80% passing rates at each quarter will be provided support.
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Tier II
At the conclusion of each school year all students are given grade-level assessments in core
academics to determine proficiency.
Students not meeting proficiency are provided Tier II interventions the following year.
All students meeting the following criteria are placed into classes taught by teachers trained to remediate
the identified deficiency. These are Tier II interventions.
14-15 Discovery Education Assessments Test D scale score trigger points:
Middle School Reading Intervention
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Grade 5- < 1587 requires a 6th grade intervention
Grade 6 - < 1602 requires a 7th grade intervention
Grade 7 - < 1630 requires an 8th grade intervention
Middle School Mathematics Intervention
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Grade 5 -< 1587 requires a 6th grade intervention
Grade 6 - < 1594 requires a 7th grade intervention
Grade 7- < 1624 requires an 8th grade intervention
Administrative requirements prior to first midterm- September 18
Administrators may use one of three SMART tools to verify their class lists:
1. Test Scores and Core Course Final Grade Report or
2. Progress Monitoring or
3. Test Analysis
Use one of the above to identify students meeting the district’s criteria of non-proficiency.
Verify that each student is assigned to a teacher trained to remediate that deficiency.
Tier II teacher requirements after first midterm - September 18
Meet with school administration to review the progress of students.
 Teacher provides classroom assessment data.
 Administration provides:
1. Attendance/discipline data.
2. Recent schoolwide assessments
During this meeting the students are placed into one of two groups:
1. Students making progress with this Tier II intervention.
2. Students not making progress with this Tier II intervention.
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Students making progress in Tier II class.
The school administration advises teachers on one of two options for students making satisfactory
progress with the intervention.
a. Do nothing on the PMP. Leave Content Area status as Active. To be closed later.
b. Change the Content Area status to Closed via the edit button on the PMP
Provide supporting data in Detail Description box- Save.
If option b is chosen, the PMP and accompanying letter are sent home for signature.
Signed copy in cum. If not returned after repeated attempts, administration makes note of attempts on the
PMP in cum and in SMART Progress Monitoring.
A PMP may also be closed once proficiency is demonstrated. Two data sources are required.
The teacher must document on the PMP the data sources and the specific scores.
Parent(s) must be notified whenever a PMP has been closed.
Students NOT making progress in Tier II class.
a. Add the intensive class as a Tier II intervention on the PMP
b. Document a minimum of four Progress Monitoring data points (class grades) for this intervention.
c. Problem solve in accordance with the school’s MTSS process regarding providing another Tier II
intervention or moving to a Tier III intervention.
d. Add the new intervention to this content area on the PMP. Provide progress monitoring data
consistently in accordance with the problem solving decisions.
The PMP and accompanying letter are sent home for signature.
Signed copy in cum. If not returned after repeated attempts, administration makes note of attempts on the
PMP in cum and in SMART Progress Monitoring.
MTSS meetings between the school administration and Tier II instructors must occur, at a minimum, at
the conclusion of each quarter.
Each meeting consists of a review of all non-proficient students’ progress to problem solve regarding
instructional adjustments and documentation of such.
All PMPS are to be closed at the end of each school year.
This is done via the Edit button on the Content Area of the PMP
Supporting data in the Detail Description box is required when closing a PMP.
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